Poverty spec '99 EK9


stunning ek9 you've got there :) - great job so far

How do you find the hardrace mounts?
 
SteveOEM1 said:
stunning ek9 you've got there :) - great job so far

How do you find the hardrace mounts?
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Engine mounts are brilliant,
Real nice quality stuff.
Nice upgrade over stock without excessive vibration of stiffer stuff :))
 
Got the gauges and senders all wired in and working!
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Swapping lower section to pre facelift set up and mounting them much like eternal blue has. :)

Front ARB bushes also changed, which I didn't get a pic of but were shagged, all deformed and worn out.
And the front drop links I've had for ages I eventually got round to swapping on.

I also managed to sort out a problem I've had for a while,
The car had been converted to MPH, but seemingly not de restricted (fuel cut at 130mph).
I've wired in the converter to the VSS input to the ECU which should fix this.
Although haven't had the chance to do 130mph yet, the speedo reads fine and everything works (vtec etc.) at normal speeds. So should all be sorted for some autobahn action next week!
 
And finished this off today, :)
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Just a pre facelift lower modded to fit and a carbon plate for mounting gauges in.
Removed flap off cup holders so the cup holders cans till be used. :)
Very pleased with them,!
 
So I went to the ring start of april,
Car did an 8.55 BTG which I was pleased with.
Oil was changed as soon as I got home, using Fuchs Titan pro s 5w40 and an s2000 oil filter (I noticed a healthy oil pressure boost with this)
so this was ordered as soon as I got home;

Along with a spoon rad cap waiting to go on once my mate comes and welds brackets for me!
Standard fan will not fit, so a spal 12" puller fan is on order with spal mounts (NOT the cheaply quick mounts that ruin the core). This flows 1300cfm so should be sufficient and is only about 2" thick!

Got myself a maxim works manifold, removed of heat wrap, polished it up and re wrapped with thermo tec gen2 wrap. Fitted with new Honda gaskets both ends ;);


Also while manifold was off I got some aluminised heat reflective adhesive sheet to put on sump, also from thermo tec like so;


This will all hopefully help keep my temps down a bit more, if not I'll be investing in an oil cooler as its frustrating it being so hot in a short space of time. Hopefully rad will sort this.

More to come soon,
Needs new tyres after 12k miles including nurburgring and brands hatch day. I will be going with ad08s again, hopefully ad08r will be released over here soon!!
 
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Nice work mate.
I've just bought an oil cooler from a member on here. Will let you know how it effects my temps at brands
 
jesse888 said:
Nice work mate.
I've just bought an oil cooler from a member on here. Will let you know how it effects my temps at brands
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Very interested to know!
I want to get the car so I can just drive it hard and not have to keep backing off to let it cool down!
Mocal make some nice ones, I just don't want one if i can avoid it!!
 
Yeah I was putting it off aswell. But my rad broke and I want to do one lap after another at the ring. So got one fairly cheap.
 
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